castitas Latin · revision 33747

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la castus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkas.tɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkas.ti.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''castitās''' ''f'' (genitive castitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|castus|-tās|t1=pure, chaste]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Etymonline glosses [[m|la|castus]] as “cut off, separated; pure”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has it first,^(Köbler 2010) in the ''De legibus'', saying that women should understand that their nature can bear complete chastity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call the sense “chastity” rare but classical, with ''pudīcitia'' as its synonym.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace uses it of a wife's fidelity, and Valerius Maximus of a son of doubtful chastity.^(OLD 2012) Vitruvius uses it of moral integrity, saying that no work can be done without good faith and integrity,^(OLD 2012) and Gellius of purity of life and of the ceremonial purity required to enter temples.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) The grammarian Nonius says it is more than ''pudīcitia'', since it adds religious cleanness.^(TLL) It has no plural.^(TLL) Church Latin uses it for chastity and purity.^(Stelten 1995) Through Old French it gave English [[m|en|chastity]] about 1200.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of women's chastity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, of a wife's fidelity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius, of integrity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius, of ceremonial purity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English [[m|en|chastity]], through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Moral purity, [[m|en|integrity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|chastity|alt=Chastity]]; of married women, fidelity; [[m|en|virginity]], [[m|en|continence]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Ceremonial purity.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[castus]]

+ * [[castimōnia]]

+ * [[pudīcitia]]

+ * [[en|chastity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}